Karl Sydow in association with Natural Perspective, Supporting Wall and Southwark Playhouse presents the world premiere of

Our Ajax

by Timberlake Wertenbaker

Quoting the site…

Starring Olivier Award-winner Joe Dixon (The Orphan of Zhao, RSC; The Mummy Returns), Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Adam Riches and Fresh Meat star Gemma Chan.

An epic drama of heroism, love and homeland, Sophocles’s Ajax is brought urgently to life in this thrilling new play by Olivier Award-winner Timberlake Wertenbaker. Torn between army politics and the love of his soldiers on the front line of war, the legendary leader begins to spiral out of control.

Developed from interviews with current and former servicemen and women, this incisive and powerful new work comes to Southwark Playhouse directly following the smash hit West End revival of Wertenbaker’s multi-award-winning modern classic Our Country’s Good.

Directed by Evening Standard Award nominee and Southwark Playhouse Associate David Mercatali (Tender Napalm, Someone to Blame).

★★★★ ‘A theatrical landmark’ Daily Mail on Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good (Out of Joint/West End)
★★★★ ‘Natural Perspective’s fast-paced and unsettling modern-dress production… gripping and crystal-clear’ Independent on Sunday on Wertenbaker’s Britannicus (Wilton’s Music Hall)
★★★★ ‘Timberlake Wertenbaker’s excellent new translation’ Guardian on Wertenbaker’s Britannicus (Wilton’s Music Hall)
★★★★ ‘Sensationally staged by David Mercatali’ Guardian on Tender Napalm (Southwark Playhouse and National Tour)

Supported by the Unity Theatre Trust

For more information, visit the Southwark Playhouse site.